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See the PFE Events page at the link below for information on the Walk a Thon including the packet and the online payment link.

Walk a Thon Information

Additional Walk-A-Thon Information posted 09/10/21 from Mr. Wagner

We are excited to provide an action plan for the upcoming walk-a-thon event.  Additionally, we are inviting parents/families to this event.  Please see below some other highlights.  If you have any questions please let us know.

Anticipated Start Times

The start times will be shared by our PFE member, Chris Roberts, at a later date.  We do anticipate starting at approximately 10:15 am.  Please meet your student outside by the gymnasium doors. 

Lunchroom procedures 

Once the walk is complete each classroom will come inside and wash up for lunch.  We will be serving a sack lunch this day.  If you prefer a cold lunch please feel free to bring one from home. We will be eating lunch outside.

**Parents will have the option to eat lunch outside with their student. 

***Weather permitting.

Restroom procedures

We encourage all parents/families to use the restroom prior to this event.  However, if parents/families need to utilize the restroom they will need to wear a mask when entering the front of the building.  

*If there is inclement weather during this event it will be rescheduled or canceled.

**Social distancing is recommended.

Congratulations to Cameron Reynolds, Gabriel Anduze, Trey McCoy, Kathlyn Barta, Glenn Hunter, and Tilden Nottlemann for earning awards from the 2021 Audubon Society of Omaha Art Contest. Tilden earned a Merit Award. Glenn, Gabriel, Kathlyn, Trey, and Cameron all earned Excellence Awards. Gabriel also earned Best of Show 9-12, which includes a gift card to Blick Art. Cameron earned the Meadowlark Award, which comes with a year-long membership to the National Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Omaha. Membership benefits include one year of Audubon magazine. 

The Elementary Library has a fun project underway. The once blank wall will soon be covered with a colorful mural of storybook characters. The mural was designed by the High School’s Art Club students and includes characters such as Curious George, Madeline, Horton, and Junie B. Jones. The Elementary Students each got a chance to contribute by painting parts of the wall during their library time and the art students will finish the little details. I talked with a few 5th graders about the project. Sophie Eastman and Sammi Hirchert thought it was very fun to help out and said it will be nice to see it for years to come. Brooklyn Meador and Sidney Mattison said it was cool and interesting and they enjoyed it a lot.

Congratulate Brittany Peterson, Abigail Ryan, John McKennan, Kenzie Hansen, and Riley McKennan for being back-to-back (sort of) Conference Quiz Bowl championships! Our team was also Conference Champs in 2019. They overcame a close loss to Yutan in the semis to win! 

The 7th-grade Pep Class created their own Battleship board games to focus on collaboration, communication, mental stimulation, and competition as part of their Mental Health unit.  Students Ella Bouwman and Ari Nelson explained that the unit began with a video focused on brain health. Then, they used paper to create a grid and then used that to play Battleship with a partner similar to how you play the board game. They said they learned that it is important to put down their phones and interact with each other face to face and to have a positive attitude. Moriah Doyle and Hawthorne Roehr agreed that it taught them about having a positive attitude and added that the process of creating and playing the game stimulated their brains in a new way. They all agreed that it was fun and exciting and would recommend the game to other classes.